extinct
英 [ɪk'stɪŋkt; ek-]
美[ɪk'stɪŋkt]
- adj. 灭绝的，绝种的；熄灭的
- vt. 使熄灭
助记提示
1. extinct 的引申义原理可与 put out (熄灭、消灭) 类比。
2. 基本意思就是说通过 stinct- 将其清除出去(out)，这里的 out 使用其引申义，也就是让其不存在与某个范围之内，这个范围可大可小，可明确、可模糊，eg: out of world, out of control, 而 stinct- 只是手段而已，out 就是让其退出，让其退出于我们的视野，让其消失在我们的周围。
2. 基本意思就是说通过 stinct- 将其清除出去(out)，这里的 out 使用其引申义，也就是让其不存在与某个范围之内，这个范围可大可小，可明确、可模糊，eg: out of world, out of control, 而 stinct- 只是手段而已，out 就是让其退出，让其退出于我们的视野，让其消失在我们的周围。
中文词源
extinct 灭绝的，绝种的
ex-, 向外。-stinct, 刺，词源同instinct, stick. 即拔刺，拔出，比喻义连根拔起，灭绝。
英英释意
- 1. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives;
- "an extinct species of fish"
- "an extinct royal family"
- "extinct laws and customs"
- 2. of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive;
- "an extinct volcano"
- 3. of a fire; being out or having grown cold;
- "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"
- "the fire is out"
英文词源
- extinct
- extinct: [15] Latin stinguere appears originally to have meant ‘prick, stick’ (a sense revealed in the derivative from which English gets distinct), but in historical times the only record of it we have is in the later, and rather remote metaphorical meaning ‘quench’. With the addition of the prefix ex- ‘out’ it became extinguere ‘put out’, whence English extinguish [16]. Extinct comes from its past participle, extinctus, and originally meant ‘put out, no longer alight’: ‘That fire was extinct’, Ranulph Higden, Polychronicon 1432– 50.
Its modern use, ‘having died out’, dates – in relation to species, families, etc – from the late 17th century.
=> distinct, extinguish - extinct (adj.)
- early 15c., "extinguished, quenched," from Latin extinctus/exstinctus, past participle of extinguere/exstinguere "to put out, quench; go out, die out; kill, destroy" (see extinguish). Originally of fires; in reference to the condition of a family or a hereditary title that has "died out," from 1580s; of species by 1768. Shakespeare uses it as a verb. Compare extinction.
考试真题
- The US has already lost more than a third of the native languages that existed before European colonisation, and the remaining 192 are classed by UNESCO as ranging between unsafe and extinct.
出自-2016年6月听力原文
- Some polar animals will soon become extinct.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on earth, all but a few hundred of them extinct.
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实用场景例句
- an extinct species
- 已灭绝的物种
牛津词典
- to become extinct
- 绝种
牛津词典
- Servants are now almost extinct in modern society.
- 在现代社会里奴仆已近乎不复存在。
牛津词典
- It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain.
- 狼在英国已经灭绝250年了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the bones of extinct animals.
- 灭绝动物的骨骼
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If the current trend continues, black farmers in the United States may be extinct by the end of this decade...
- 如果当前趋势继续发展下去，美国的黑人农民将在这个十年末不复存在。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.
- 草药医术在西方已经成了一门几乎绝迹的技艺。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Its tallest volcano, long extinct, is Olympus Mons.
- 它最高的火山是早已熄灭的奥林波斯山。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This dependency between fossil and living types is well illustrated when we deal with extinct groups.
- 化石与现存类型之间的这种依赖关系在我们研究绝灭类群时是十分明显的.
辞典例句
- Because dinosaurs are extinct the scientists had very little to go on.
- 因为恐龙已经灭绝,科学家几乎无法研究.
期刊摘选
- Accordingly, some species become extinct.
- 因此, 一些种变成熄灭.
期刊摘选
- Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion.
- 她激情已逝,无从心回意转.
《简明英汉词典》
- People have proposed all sorts of hypotheses to explain why dinosaurs have become extinct.
- 人们提出种种假设,试图说明恐龙为什么会灭绝.
辞典例句
- He was one of a class rapidly becoming extinct in Wessex.
- 在维塞可斯那块地方上,他是属于眼看就要完全绝迹了那种行业中的一员.
辞典例句
- You don't know how to bring back an animal extinct.
- 你们不知道该如何才能让绝种的动物复活吧?
期刊摘选
- We should protect gannets, which are almost extinct.
- 我们要保护已经为数不多的鲣鸟.
期刊摘选
- Paleontology the study of extinct organisms, including their fossil remains, and impressions left by them.
- 古生物学:指对已经灭绝生物进行研究的学科, 包括研究它们的化石残骸以及留下的痕迹.
期刊摘选
- Many animals and birds are now extinct.
- 许多鸟兽现已绝种.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- We were all shocked when we heard that hundreds of plants extinct each year.
- 得知地球上每年有几百种植物消失时,我们大家都非常震惊.
期刊摘选
- This kind of animal is in danger of extinct.
- 这种动物有灭绝的危险.
期刊摘选
- That kind of rare wild animal is reported to be extinct.
- 这种珍稀的野生动物告绝.
期刊摘选
- What a pity that this kind of rare animal has become extinct.
- 这种珍稀生物已无噍类了,真是可惜啊.
期刊摘选
- And they have quite devastating effects. Many species become extinct as a result of introduced mammals.
- 它们造成了灾难性的破坏, 一些物种已经因此灭绝了.
期刊摘选
- Is there anything could rekindle his extinct passion?
- 有什么事情可重燃他逝去的热情 呢 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- The parent species may survive indefinitely thereafter, or it may become extinct.
- 以后本家物种也许能继续存在, 也许会灭绝,说不准.
期刊摘选
- The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
- 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.
《简明英汉词典》
- All hopes were extinct.
- 所有希望都破灭了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
- 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了.
《简明英汉词典》